Beatrix Potter Gallery

Main Street, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NS
Telephone: 015394 36355

Step inside this charming 17th-century building to enjoy a new exhibition of Beatrix Potter’s original watercolours and paintings. The Beatrix Potter Gallery has an interesting history, as previously it was the office of Potter’s husband, William Heelis. Many of these pictures are only displayed at this location. Learn more about Beatrix as a farmer and early supporter of the National Trust

Don’t miss
New: exhibition ‘Keeping House’ with Mrs Tittlemouse.
We celebrate 100 years of The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse.
Children will love the trail based on the displays.

Beatrix Potter Gallery Mobility information

Parking at the Beatrix Potter Gallery.
In Hawkshead village and is not National Trust. Approx 300 yards from the Gallery

Building
Exhibition housed in old property entered from street, step to narrow entrance. Level access to 3 rooms on ground floor. Illustrations are upstairs, objects relating to Beatrix Potter downstairs. Many stairs with handrail to other floors

Getting there
Location of the Beatrix Potter Gallery:
In Main Street, Hawkshead village, next to Red Lion pub

Open Good Friday (2 April) and Friday 29 October. Limited number of timed tickets available daily. Shop closes at 1 on 24 and 31 December, and is closed on 25 and 26 December. Last admission 30 minutes before closing.

Beatrix Potters Hill Top Cottage

Enjoy the tale of Beatrix Potters Hill Top cottage is a time-capsule of this amazing woman’s life. Full of her favourite things, the house appears as if Beatrix had just stepped out for a walk. Every room contains a reference to a picture in a ‘tale’. The lovely cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables. Hill Top is a small house and a timed-ticket system is in operation to avoid overcrowding and to protect the interior. Hill Top can be very busy and visitors may sometimes have to wait to enter the house

Don’t miss
Don’t miss the new children’s garden trail (during holiday periods).
See the sights which inspired Beatrix’s tales and illustrations.
Experience her house, just as Beatrix would have done.
Mobility informationContact in advance

Open Good Friday, 2 April and 29 October. Limited number of timed tickets available daily. Access to the garden and shop is free during opening hours. Shop closes at 1 on 24 December. Last admission 30 minutes before closing.